aphorism.io by JetTheSimon

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made by JetTheSimon for Ludum Dare 48 (COMPO)

A jackbox-style party game about trying to find deep meaning in the mundane. Or make dirty jokes, you could also just do that.

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Made using socket.io, node.js, express, and Vue.

Was a big learning experience for web dev for me and the code is very messy! Don't crash the site please.

Ratings

Overall 360th 3.575⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 371th 3.45⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 25th 4.357⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 382th 3.7⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 747th 2.789⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 52th 3.868⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 417th 3.306⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 12🗳️ 18🗨️

Feedback

CinderBlock
26. Apr 2021 · 02:39 UTC
I'll tell you what, I'm literally not smart enough to play this game. Kudos to anyone that can come up with an apt aphorism at a moment's notice.

But on the other hand, I _did_ learn a new word today :smile: (hint: it's "aphorism")
Windzyboy
26. Apr 2021 · 02:41 UTC
Great fun! My only gripe is that there's no button to join the game you made, gotta click your own link. Aesthetic is nice, old-webby.
Nisovin
26. Apr 2021 · 04:08 UTC
Clever idea. I think I would be really bad at this game though.
WizKid
26. Apr 2021 · 04:24 UTC
Aaaah. "Deep". I get it! Well done!

How do I find a game to join?
LakshyaIsAGod
26. Apr 2021 · 04:59 UTC
TODO: review game
binroot
26. Apr 2021 · 05:03 UTC
Cool idea, I'd like to see more games that explore webapps, like you did. Nice work completing a fully functional webapp in a weekend!
PixelPortalz
26. Apr 2021 · 05:06 UTC
Clever idea, but somehow I ended up playing with myself. Oh well...
🎤 JetTheSimon
26. Apr 2021 · 05:08 UTC
@wizkid yes unfortunately you’d need to find friends to play with. No match making as of yet
wooliii
28. Apr 2021 · 02:26 UTC
Very cool idea. Reminds me of cards against humanity and those other judging games. It's a simple concept, but from the framework you've built there's definitely emergent gameplay that happens from user submitted content. Good work on the multiplayer.

I wish there was matchmaking since I have no friends lol
Starlight Glimmer is best poney
03. May 2021 · 02:36 UTC
I played it with my team a few days ago and we only had one gripe: during the voting stage, answers should be shuffled and anonymous, like in CAH.
🎤 JetTheSimon
04. May 2021 · 05:43 UTC
@alaah That's a really good point that I didn't think about
luvjungle
05. May 2021 · 10:04 UTC
Great idea, I only wish there were some kind of join game button, to join some random waiting player.
s1lv3r Dr4g0n Games
06. May 2021 · 01:03 UTC
Very dependent on your ability to improvise, which I don't have but is pretty cool. Reminds me of a jackbox game.
Also it took me a moment to get the theme. Clever.
VixenMink
06. May 2021 · 01:17 UTC
I agree about being able to join a random player or bot. Very nice ingenuity for this idea